“Why’s It So Hard” is a Springsteen original, but he takes a backseat in his only live performance of it. Southside Johnny takes the lead vocals, and Dave Sancious is absolutely on fire on the organ. Take a listen inside.
Author:
Ken Rosen (2066)
Bruce lets his psych rock flag fly in this 13-minute original epic, captured only once.
Even fifty years ago, Bruce Springsteen was stopping audiences in their tracks with this fifteen-minute, preachifying, testifying, rueful improv piece.
Bruce wrote and performed “When You Dance” with The Bruce Springsteen Band long before Southside Johnny covered and released it, and Bruce’s early guitar-jam version is an unreleased gem that belong’s in every fan’s collection.
“I Just Can’t Change” is a long lost Bruce Springsteen Band song, but its melody survived into the E Street Band era attached to another song.
“Funk Song” is a Springsteen original instrumental (or maybe two) that hasn’t been heard since 1975.
This uncirculating, fifty-year-old recording showcases the Bruce Springsteen Band at the height of their powers.
Let’s say goodbye to summer with an end-of-summer breakup song from The Bruce Springsteen Band.
Listen in on The Bruce Springsteen Band (with guest soloist Southside Johnny) grooving their way through Bruce’s original song, “The Band’s Just Boppin’ the Blues.”
One time only: Backing vocalist Francine Daniels joins the Bruce Springsteen Band for three nights only, including this only known performance of Bruce’s “Living in Rock and Roll.”